by Frances Phillips | Jan 14, 2019 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Zawaya’s collaboration with Issa Golitzen Farajaje to research and perform sacred Sufi music of the 19th and 20th Century is premiering in two concerts — on January 13 in San Mateo and January 20 at the Islamic Cultural Center for Northern California in...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 10, 2018 | News, Traditional Arts
Teatro Vision announces the October 11 premiere of Departera, a new work by Evelina Fernandez that is directed by Elisa Marina Alvarado. Departera was developed out of stories collected from community members and offers a witty, modern take on Dia de los Muertos....
by Frances Phillips | Sep 23, 2018 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Fashioned as swing coats, Oakland fabric artist Patricia A. Montgomery’s innovative quilts feature stories of heroines of the Civil Rights movement. The collection, Honoring the Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement, now may be seen at the San Jose Museum of...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 21, 2018 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, September 1, from 1-4 pm, community members are warmly invited to celebrate a new mural, painted by Edythe Boone in collaboration with the Berkeley Drop-in Center (managed by the Alameda County Network of Mental Health Clients), residents of South...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 29, 2018 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Opera master Sonam Phuntsok has been collaborating with the Tibetan Association of Northern California to present Sukyi Nyima, a traditional Tibetan opera, or Ache Lhamo, devised for contemporary audiences. The work will premiere on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at De Anza...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 27, 2018 | 2007, News, Traditional Arts
On June 20, the National Endowment for the Arts named quilter Marion Coleman among its 2018 National Heritage Fellows — widely considered the most prestigious form of recognition for folk and traditional artists in the United States. This year’s fellows...
